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River of Fireflies

9.019871h 55mMovieDrama

During the winter in Toyama in 1962, Tatsuo Mizushima is fretting about his feelings for his classmate Eiko Tsujisawa while agonizing about his upcoming high school examinations. When he was little, he and Eiko had heard that in April of a…

DirectorEizō Sugawa
WritersEizō Sugawa·Kyōhei Nakaoka
ProducersHiroaki Kato·Kiyoshi Fujimoto

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Cast · Directed by Eizō Sugawa

RMRentaro Mikuni
Rentaro Mikuni
YTYukiyo Toake
Yukiyo Toake
TS
Tamae Sawada
TSTakayuki Sakazume
Takayuki Sakazume
Takio Mizushima
TKTakuzō Kawatani
Takuzō Kawatani
KTKen Teraizumi
Ken Teraizumi
CKChōichirō Kawarasaki
Chōichirō Kawarasaki
TTTaiji Tonoyama
Taiji Tonoyama
HŌHideji Ōtaki
Hideji Ōtaki
TNTomoko Naraoka
Tomoko Naraoka

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River of Fireflies hasn't started streaming in Canada yet. Based on the typical 6–8 week theatrical-to-streaming window, we estimate it will arrive around April 11, 1987. This is a prediction, not a confirmed date.